23 AUGUST 1913, Page 3

Polling took place at Chesterfield on Wednesday, and the result

was declared on Thursday as follows : Mr. Barnet Kenyon (Liberal-Labour) 7,725, Mr. E. Christie (Unionist) 5,539, Mr. J. Scurr (Socialist) 583. The result makes no difference in the balance of parties, and an analysis of the votes cast indicates no change in the politics of the division since the election of December 1910. The real significance of the election resides in the refusal of the Derbyshire miners to bow to the ruling of the central Labour caucus, which had repudiated Mr. Kenyon's candidature.